Profiles

An artist’s inspiration can come from anywhere. For UW Painting + Drawing Professor Lin Zhi, it happened in August 2001, on a road trip from Missouri to Seattle.

Through the Task Force program, students in the Jackson School of International Studies tackle critical policy challenges — and set their career paths in motion.

James Clauss, professor of classics, challenges students to go in search of myth and meaning in moving making.

From indigenous language revitalization to healthcare and human rights -- check out each of their unique, personal stories.

Meet the American Ethnic Studies alum whose new gallery in White Center celebrates Latinx art and a home for the 'in-between.'

Valerie Curtis-Newton, head of directing program in the School of Drama, is the director of "Nina Simone: Four Women" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, on stage April 26. 

Artist Sara Siestreem speaks at the Henry Art Gallery about what it means to be a tribe member, artist, educator

Sol Moravia-Rosenberg (BA, American Ethnic Studies | Comparative History of Ideas, 2011), celebrates his new album with an April 12 release show at the Showbox.

Thouless was a theoretical physicist whose most well-known work focused on the properties of matter in extremely thin layers.  

Professor of English Gillian Harkins has facilitated a number of projects that center currently and formerly incarcerated people while collaborating with various groups to identify and . . .

Renee Erickson (BFA, Painting and Drawing, 1995) is being honored for her work at her restaurant Bateau.

A new project by Jenna Grant, UW assistant professor of anthropology, uses archives of photos and documents to encourage storytelling in local Cambodian communities.

Check out this great video of Amarilys Ríos, an artist-in-residence with the UW School of Music, giving an introduction to "bomba." 

UW Professor Emeritus Ken Benshoof's Concerto in Three Movements will be performed for the fourth time by Chicago Symphony Orchestra.